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How to Use a TSP to Invest in Real Estate
TSP to Invest in Real Estate: Military members are accustomed to significant challenges. Combat tours, deployments, and frequent transfers are a few of the difficulties they face frequently. Because of this stress, many military members experience significant struggles when it comes to getting ahead financially. Possibly one of the greatest benefits to U.S. government or…
5 min readUsing Joint VA Loans to Accomplish Your Investing Goals
How To Use A Joint VA Loan? Regular VA loans are an amazing benefit for single-family homes and smaller complexes up to four units, but what if you want more units? Or what if you would like to invest with multiple people? The Joint VA loan is a great tool that you can solve both…
4 min readJumping Into Multifamily Investing
How to Get Started in Multifamily Investing? Meet John and Jessica: I met them at a local real estate investment association (REIA). John and Jessica are a young married couple that hustled their way into multifamily investing. They started by spending a considerable amount of time learning about multifamily investments. They then developed a strategy…
12 min readAirbnb Lessons
Airbnb Education There I was – thinking that my wife, Christina, and I were both active duty Marines, part-time real estate investors, and new Airbnb hosts, but apparently, we were also exterminators! Saddle up for a few lessons that I learned when we started using Air BnB to house-hack our way one step closer to…
7 min read3 Efficiencies to Save Serious Time & Cash
Building Efficiencies Why are real estate investors called investors in the first place? What’s the difference between folks like us who buy low and sell high and John Smith who buys a nice home for his family and sells for appreciation 30 years down the road? On the surface, the concept is the same. Most…
7 min readHow to Stop Sucking at Life (and Real Estate)
How to Stop Sucking at Life? Everyone Sucks Your day is finally here. You’ve made it to the Big Show. Coach taps you to close the game out in the bottom of the 9th inning with the bases loaded. The pressure is palpable as your team is only up by one run. Here’s the problem,…
8 min readWhy Multifamily Investing?
Options in Multifamily Investing There are a lot of good strategies that work well for military families. VA house-hacking is on the top of most people’s lists – and was on mine too. For some people, hacking into a few investments is enough; but many active duty members are driven with a big, burning “why”…
7 min readControl or Speed on the Path to Financial Freedom
As a real estate investor who is just getting started, it’s easy to be consumed by the idea of financial freedom. The first deal you do is absolutely terrifying. The whole process is filled with fear, doubt, and anxiety. But, once you get proof of concept and start to receive the almighty cash flow all…
4 min read5 Real Estate Investing Strategies Service Members Need To Know
Real Estate Investing Strategies In the military, we lead super busy lives and are not always privileged with the time to study and learn the secrets of the most of the most successful real estate investors. This causes us to go with the status quo and think that the only way we can make major…
6 min readThe 5 Reasons Why Real Estate is the Best Wealth-Builder for Members of the Military
Real Estate Investing in the United States is magic. Investors from other countries often disregard any additional resulting taxes and invest in our real estate market. It boggles their mind that our system is so profitable. If you or your parents were caught up in the 2008 crash, you are probably on edge about real…
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